This week we had a breakfast Christmas party and watched Mr. Popper's Penguins. It was great!
This week in Social Studies we recorded the plays about explorers that Mrs. Tomlin gave us last week. We also picked one of the explorers we learned about and we are researching him.
This week in Math we continued dividing 3 digits by 2 digits. We are doing a really good job on it.
This week in Language Arts we started working on expanding sentences and on changing the word said into a better word. Like instead of she said, it would be she exclaimed
This week was popping!
December 12-16, 2011
This week was explorer-ific!
In Social Studies, we learned about the last three explorers—Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Henry Hudson, and Robert de LaSalle. Coronado found the Grand Canyon and the Rio Grande. The Hudson River, the HudsonValley, and the Hudson Bay were named after Hudson. LaSalle searched for the Mississippi River. We also wrote and typed a news article about the battle for Florida between Spain and France. We did an Assessment and a vocabulary matching for Chapters 4 and 5. They were easy!
This week in Language Arts, we continued writing our point of view story. We also partner edited it. We continued drawing our sci-fi comic, also. Another thing we did was combining sentences with a comma. An example is: My birthday is May 27. My birthday is in a week. We would combine it with and, and it would turn out like this: My birthday is May 27thm and it’s in a week. We also recalled conjunctions.
This week in Math, we learned about dividing by multiples of 10. We also learned about estimating quotients. Also we learned about dividing by 2 digit numbers. An example is 345/28 = 12 R 9.
Friday morning we had Student of the Month. Lauren was the Student of the Month! Congratulations, Lauren! Last month’s goal was Safety. This month’s goal is Bonding with the School.
That’s why this week was magical!
By Cassidy, Kylie, and Alicia.
Watch our Space Readers Theater Videos!
December 5-9, 2011
This week was FROSTY!
This week in Math we learned about exponents. An example would be like having 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x5. So instead of writing all of that out, you could put 55. So let’s work it out. You would do 5 x 5 = 25, 25 x 5 = 125, 125 x 5 = 625, 625 x 5 = 3,125. So, 3, 125 is your answer. In addition, we reviewed prime and composite numbers. A prime number is a number that only has factors of one and itself. A composite is a number that has more than two factors. An example of a prime number is 17. There are no multiplication problems that can equal 17 except 1 x 17. Twenty-four on the other hand is a composite. Its factors are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12, and 24. That’s eight factors! Did I forget to mention, we solved equations. Take (7x9) – 7 + 6 – 4. First you do 7 x 9 in the parenthesis. That’s 63. Then you would subtract 63 minus 7. That’s 56. So then you take 56 and add six to that. It’s 63. Now you take the 63 and subtract 63-4. It’s 58. So 58 is your final answer.
This week in Social Studies, we learned about famous explorers like Columbus, Cabot, Ponce de Leon, Cortez, and Cartier. They all wanted gold or to claim land for their country.
This week in Language Arts, we learned about quotation marks. Quotations are things people say exactly. Like “Hi, how are you?” The two marks before and after the sentence are the quotation marks. We also are doing a science fiction comic. In addition, we reviewed conjunctions and interjections.
December 19-21, 2011This week was party-rific.
This week we had a breakfast Christmas party and watched Mr. Popper's Penguins. It was great!
This week in Social Studies we recorded the plays about explorers that Mrs. Tomlin gave us last week. We also picked one of the explorers we learned about and we are researching him.
This week in Math we continued dividing 3 digits by 2 digits. We are doing a really good job on it.
This week in Language Arts we started working on expanding sentences and on changing the word said into a better word. Like instead of she said, it would be she exclaimed
This week was popping!
December 12-16, 2011
This week was explorer-ific!
In Social Studies, we learned about the last three explorers—Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Henry Hudson, and Robert de LaSalle. Coronado found the Grand Canyon and the Rio Grande. The Hudson River, the HudsonValley, and the Hudson Bay were named after Hudson. LaSalle searched for the Mississippi River. We also wrote and typed a news article about the battle for Florida between Spain and France. We did an Assessment and a vocabulary matching for Chapters 4 and 5. They were easy!
This week in Language Arts, we continued writing our point of view story. We also partner edited it. We continued drawing our sci-fi comic, also. Another thing we did was combining sentences with a comma. An example is: My birthday is May 27. My birthday is in a week. We would combine it with and, and it would turn out like this: My birthday is May 27thm and it’s in a week. We also recalled conjunctions.
This week in Math, we learned about dividing by multiples of 10. We also learned about estimating quotients. Also we learned about dividing by 2 digit numbers. An example is 345/28 = 12 R 9.
Friday morning we had Student of the Month. Lauren was the Student of the Month! Congratulations, Lauren! Last month’s goal was Safety. This month’s goal is Bonding with the School.
That’s why this week was magical!
By Cassidy, Kylie, and Alicia.Watch our Space Readers Theater Videos!
December 5-9, 2011
This week was FROSTY!
This week in Math we learned about exponents. An example would be like having 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x5. So instead of writing all of that out, you could put 55. So let’s work it out. You would do 5 x 5 = 25, 25 x 5 = 125, 125 x 5 = 625, 625 x 5 = 3,125. So, 3, 125 is your answer. In addition, we reviewed prime and composite numbers. A prime number is a number that only has factors of one and itself. A composite is a number that has more than two factors. An example of a prime number is 17. There are no multiplication problems that can equal 17 except 1 x 17. Twenty-four on the other hand is a composite. Its factors are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12, and 24. That’s eight factors! Did I forget to mention, we solved equations. Take (7x9) – 7 + 6 – 4. First you do 7 x 9 in the parenthesis. That’s 63. Then you would subtract 63 minus 7. That’s 56. So then you take 56 and add six to that. It’s 63. Now you take the 63 and subtract 63-4. It’s 58. So 58 is your final answer.
This week in Social Studies, we learned about famous explorers like Columbus, Cabot, Ponce de Leon, Cortez, and Cartier. They all wanted gold or to claim land for their country.
This week in Language Arts, we learned about quotation marks. Quotations are things people say exactly. Like “Hi, how are you?” The two marks before and after the sentence are the quotation marks. We also are doing a science fiction comic. In addition, we reviewed conjunctions and interjections.
By Alicia, Kylie and Philip